"Want sequel."" The song was written by Newton-John long-time collaborator John Farrar, who also wrote ""You're the One That I Want"", according to Newton-John: ""If it wasn’t for that song, we wouldn’t be here talking about it 30 years later."" The album also features the well-known musicians Kenny G, Barbra Streisand, Chick Corea, Cliff Richard, Tony Bennett, Count Basie Orchestra and James Taylor as special guests on some tracks. All of the album tracks were recorded in one take. The idea from recording an album came when Newton-John sent a Christmas card to Travolta, noting that the songs of ""Grease"""
"a 1978 feature film, directed by Randal Kleiser and choreographed by Patricia Birch, who had also choreographed the show on Broadway. In addition to Birch, three performers from the stage version carried over to the cast: Jamie Donnelly reprised her role as Jan, John Travolta performed as lead Danny Zuko while Jeff Conaway played Kenickie, whose character was given a closer friendship to Danny than seen in the musical. Australian country/easy listening singer Olivia Newton-John was cast as Sandy; to accommodate the casting move, the character's nationality was rewritten, and two songs added (the big-band inspired ""You're the One that"
"She was offered the lead role of Sandy after meeting producer Allan Carr at a dinner party at Helen Reddy's home. Burned by her ""Toomorrow"" experience and concerned that she was too old to play a high school senior (she turned 29 during ""Grease""s 1977 filming), Newton-John insisted on a screen test with the film's co-star, John Travolta. The film accommodated Newton-John's Australian accent by recasting her character from the play's original American Sandy Dumbrowski to Sandy Olsson, an Australian who holidays and then moves with her family to the U.S. Newton-John previewed some of the film's soundtrack during her"
"Danny and Sandy depart in a red hot rod, which takes flight as they wave goodbye to their friends. John Travolta had previously worked with producer Robert Stigwood on ""Saturday Night Fever"", had a nascent singing career at the time (including the top-10 hit ""Let Her In"" in 1976), and had previously appeared as Doody in a touring production of the stage version of ""Grease"". He made a number of casting recommendations that Stigwood ultimately accepted, including suggesting Randal Kleiser (who had never directed a theatrical feature before this but had directed Travolta in the 1976 telefilm ""The Boy in"
"aired, using components from both the 1978 movie and the original Broadway show. Starring Julianne Hough, Aaron Tveit, and Vanessa Hudgens, the adaptation received positive reviews and ten Emmy nominations. Grease (film) Grease is a 1978 American musical romantic comedy film based on the 1971 musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Written by Bronte Woodard and directed by Randal Kleiser in his theatrical feature film debut, the film depicts the lives of greaser Danny Zuko and Australian transfer student Sandy Olsson who develop an attraction for each other. The film stars John Travolta as Danny,"
"and directed by Vladimir Perez at the beginning of the end of 2008 and accepted by Boomerang and Venevisión in early 2009. The series was based on the American film, Grease, directed by Randal Kleiser and starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. The film is in turn inspired by the eponymous musical 1972 created by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey and released for the first time in 1971, at the Kingston Mines Theatre in Chicago, a theater located in a former tram depot. The script of the series was adapted by writer Vladimir Perez. Filming of the series began on"
"part of a megamix of several songs from the movie version. In the movie version of ""Grease"", Travolta and Newton-John played the lead roles of Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson. The song's genesis stems from a summertime love affair between Danny and Sandy, which had ended upon Sandy's revelation that she was moving back to Australia with her family. However, Sandy soon learns that her family is staying in the United States and subsequently enrolls at Rydell High School, where Danny is also a student. (In the original stage version, Sandy Dumbrowski, who like many other characters in the play"
"stage musical, the other being ""Hopelessly Devoted to You."" Randal Kleiser, the film's director, was not fond of this song because he felt that it did not mesh well with the rest of the Warren Casey-Jim Jacobs score. Danny Zuko (Travolta), leader of the T-Birds, has recently lettered in cross-country running in an effort to win back his estranged girlfriend Sandy (Newton-John); unbeknownst to him, Sandy, who has been conflicted about her upright and proper etiquette in a school full of brash greasers, has herself transformed into a greaser queen to win Danny back. In the song, Danny expresses pleasant"
"was only available on the soundtrack album, and Patti Austin's ""It's Gonna Be Special"", which was not a major pop hit but peaked at #15 on the R&B charts and #5 on the Dance charts in 1984. Two of a Kind (1983 film) Two of a Kind is a 1983 American romantic fantasy comedy film directed by John Herzfeld and starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. The original musical score was composed by Patrick Williams. Travolta plays a cash-strapped inventor while Newton-John plays the bank teller whom he attempts to rob. They must come to show compassion for one another"
"for us. She loved the theater, and she was always involved with the community theater and she encouraged all of us to be in it."" Travolta married James Fridley in May 1964. Ellen and James had two children, a son, Tom Fridley (born 1965), an actor whose credits include ""Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!!"", ""Face/Off"", """", ""Summer Camp Nightmare"", """", and ""The Karate Kid"". and a daughter, Molly Allen Ritter. Molly Allen Ritter (also called Molly Allen) has been a preschool teacher, waitress, disc jockey, and actress. She wrote ""The Day Spring Wouldn't Come Out,"" a play in which"
"the film and recreates the opening scene and classic characters from the film who are portrayed by each band member. Saturday Night Fever Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 American musical drama film directed by John Badham. It stars John Travolta as Tony Manero, a working-class young man who spends his weekends dancing and drinking at a local Brooklyn discothèque; Karen Lynn Gorney as Stephanie Mangano, his dance partner and eventual confidante; and Donna Pescow as Annette, Tony's former dance partner and would-be girlfriend. While in the disco, Tony is the champion dancer. His circle of friends and weekend dancing"
"a writer. Spark, like Sandy, converted to Roman Catholicism. The novel has been adapted for stage, film and television. The original 1966 London stage version starred Vanessa Redgrave and a young Olivia Hussey. Redgrave turned down the Broadway production in 1968 which starred Zoe Caldwell who would go on to win the Tony Award. Redgrave also turned down the film role. In 1969 the film ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"" was released. It starred Maggie Smith, and she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. In 1978 Scottish Television produced the seven part serial ""The Prime"
"first annual ""Scott Newman Drug Abuse Prevention Award"" for his writing on ""Stoned"". In addition to writing and directing, Herzfeld also played the part of a concerned teacher in ""Stoned"". His second ""Afterschool Special"", ""Run, Don't Walk"", also starred Scott Baio about two teenager learning to cope with their life in wheelchairs. In 1983, Herzfeld made his debut as a feature film director in the romantic comedy, ""Two of a Kind"", starring Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta. Travolta plays a failed inventor who robs a bank, and Newton-John is a teller who puts deposit slips in Travolta's bag and keeps"
"Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Get Shorty (film) Get Shorty is a 1995 American crime comedy film based on Elmore Leonard's novel of the same name. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and starring John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, and Danny DeVito. A sequel, titled ""Be Cool"", was released in 2005. Chili Palmer (John Travolta), a loan shark based in Miami, clashes with another mobster, Ray ""Bones"" Barboni (Dennis Farina) over a leather jacket that ""Bones"" borrowed from Palmer without permission. They have two, brief, violent confrontations, the first of which leaves Barboni"
"audience agreed as they had chosen contestants Laura Osnes and Max Crumm to star, respectively, as Sandy and Danny. The runners up were Ashley Spencer and Austin Miller. Osnes and Crumm stayed with the Broadway company till July 20, 2008. Two days later Ashley Spencer and Derek Keeling took over the roles of Sandy and Danny. Allie Schulz recently understudied the roles of Sandy, Cha-Cha, and Patty on Broadway and originated the role Rizzo in the national tour of ""Grease"" with Eric Schneider as Danny and Emily Padgett as Sandy. Season 5 ""American Idol"" winner Taylor Hicks performed as the"
"Saturday Night Fever Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 American musical drama film directed by John Badham. It stars John Travolta as Tony Manero, a working-class young man who spends his weekends dancing and drinking at a local Brooklyn discothèque; Karen Lynn Gorney as Stephanie Mangano, his dance partner and eventual confidante; and Donna Pescow as Annette, Tony's former dance partner and would-be girlfriend. While in the disco, Tony is the champion dancer. His circle of friends and weekend dancing help him to cope with the harsh realities of his life: a dead-end job, clashes with his unsupportive and squabbling"
"with David Keith, ""Catch Me If You Can"" with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, ""National Security"" with Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn, ""High Fidelity"" with John Cusack and Jack Black (as John Cusack's mother), and ""While You Were Sleeping"" with Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman. Her television credits include the recurring roles of Dr. Helen Boyd on ""NYPD Blue"" and Sister Mary Margaret on ""Days of Our Lives"", and guest starring appearances on ""The Drew Carey Show"", ""Strong Medicine"", and ""Early Edition"". Margaret Travolta Margaret Travolta is an American actress and a sister of actor John Travolta. Travolta, one of"
"Jeff Zinn Jeff Zinn is an American director and actor. He played Danny in the off-Broadway production of ""Sexual Perversity in Chicago"" by David Mamet and Trety in ""The Suicide"" by Nikolai Erdman starring Derek Jacobi. Zinn was a stand-in and photo-double for John Travolta in the celebrated film ""Saturday Night Fever"" in 1977. His feet are featured in the iconic opening sequence underscored by the Bee Gees' Stayin' Alive. He earned a B.A. from Franconia College and M.A. from New York University. Post graduate studies an MFA the American Repertory Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University"
"""Wilfred."" In 2009, Perlman and her daughter Lucy DeVito starred in the off-Broadway play ""Love, Loss, and What I Wore"", adapted by Nora and Delia Ephron, at the Westside Theatre. From 2014 to 2017, she starred in a recurring role on ""The Mindy Project"" as Danny's mother, Annette Castellano. Perlman is the author of the illustrated children's book series ""Otto Undercover,"" whose six books to date (as of the middle of May 2012) are ""Born to Drive,"" ""Canyon Catastrophe,"" ""Water Balloon Doom,"" ""Toxic Taffy Takeover,"" ""The Brink of Ex-stink-tion,"" and ""Brain Freeze."" Perlman met actor Danny DeVito on January 17,"
"debut in the 1971 romantic drama ""Jennifer on My Mind"", which also featured future stars Robert De Niro and Barry Bostwick. The following year Conaway appeared in the original cast of the Broadway musical ""Grease"", as an understudy to several roles including that of the lead male character, Danny Zuko, and eventually succeeded role-originator Barry Bostwick. He played the role for 2 1/2 years while his friend John Travolta, with whom he shared a manager, later joined the show, playing the supporting role of Doody. The two would reunite in the 1978 motion picture musical ""Grease"", in which Travolta played"
"during ""Welcome Back, Kotter"", which began in 1975. The film had a personal impact on Travolta and Hyland, who began a six-month romantic relationship until her death, after the film ended principal photography. On ""Dance Moms"" Series 6 Abby Lee Miller said the girls are doing a dance which is inspired by the movie. The Boy in the Plastic Bubble The Boy in the Plastic Bubble is a 1976 American made-for-television drama film inspired by the lives of David Vetter and Ted DeVita, who lacked effective immune systems. It stars John Travolta, Glynnis O'Connor, Diana Hyland, Robert Reed, Ralph Bellamy"
"her character was rewritten to be Australian. Before Newton-John was hired, Allan Carr was considering numerous names such as Ann-Margret, Susan Dey and Marie Osmond for the lead role; Newton-John agreed to a reduced asking price in exchange for star billing. In a case of life imitating art, Newton-John's own musical career would undergo a transformation similar to that of the Sandy Olsson character; her next album after ""Grease"", the provocatively titled ""Totally Hot"", featured a much more sexual and pop-oriented approach, with Newton-John appearing on the album cover in similar all-leather attire and teased hair. Jeff Conaway, like Travolta,"
"Birth"". In 1998, Stone co-founded a nonprofit organization inspired by the film ""Trevor"", called The Trevor Project. The organization runs a 24-hour, toll-free suicide prevention hotline aimed at gay and questioning youth in the United States. The organization produced teaching guides and support materials for distribution to teens in schools. Stone was openly gay. His mother, Reverend Beverly Bates, has stated that she believes that Stone was the biological father of Jodie Foster's two sons. Randy Stone Randy Stone (August 26, 1958 – February 12, 2007) was an American actor, producer, casting director, Emmy and Academy Award winner. He was"
"and II. In 1987, Alley starred alongside Mark Harmon in the comedy film ""Summer School"". The film was a box office success, grossing over $35 million in the United States. Later that year she joined the cast of NBC sitcom ""Cheers"", replacing Shelley Long and remaining with the show until its eleventh and final season. In 1989, Alley starred with John Travolta in ""Look Who's Talking"", the film grossed over $295 million worldwide. They then went on to make two other films centered around the same theme, ""Look Who's Talking Too"" and ""Look Who's Talking Now!"" Alley has won two"
"DaVinci's War Da Vinci's War is a 1992 direct to video action thriller film directed by Raymond Martino. The film was produced by and stars Joey Travolta. It also star Michael Nouri, best known for his role in Flashdance. The film's narrative revolves around former Vietnam War veteran Frank DaVinci (Travolta) attempting to find his sister and brother in law's killer with assistance from his fellow veterans and assassin China Smith (Nouri) only to become entangled in a trap concocted by corrupt CIA operatives. James Russo, Branscombe Richmond and Vanity appear in supporting roles. Brian Robbins also stars. The film"
"sessions often months prior or subsequent to the performances used for lip sync in the film. The cover gives credit to, and prominently features, the two stars of the film—John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John—although they only appear on seven of the 24 tracks. Sha Na Na performed many of the 1950s numbers in the film, the recordings of which also appear on the soundtrack. Stockard Channing sings lead on two of the tracks; the two tracks remain her only significant contribution to recorded popular music to date. The title track was recorded by Frankie Valli, who had no other connection"
"as Nancy. In 1968, the show was adapted for film, with a screenplay by Vernon Harris and direction by Carol Reed. It starred original Fagin Ron Moody with Jack Wild, Shani Wallis, Oliver Reed, Mark Lester, Harry Secombe and Leonard Rossiter. The 1968 motion picture won six Academy Awards including Best Picture, and received nominations for both Moody and Wild. It was first telecast in the United States by ABC-TV in 1975. The film went to cable in the US in 1982, and it is still regularly broadcast. On March 1, 2013, it was announced that a remake of ""Oliver!"""
"Actor. However, star John Travolta was nominated for a Razzie for Worst Actor (also for ""Swordfish""). Vaughn and Travolta later worked in ""Be Cool"" together. Domestic Disturbance Domestic Disturbance is a 2001 American psychological thriller film directed by Harold Becker and starring John Travolta, Vince Vaughn, Teri Polo, Steve Buscemi, and Matt O'Leary. In Southport, Maryland, Susan Morrison (Teri Polo), recently divorced from her husband Frank (John Travolta) who is a struggling ship builder, is getting married to a younger and wealthier Rick Barnes (Vince Vaughn). Danny (Matt O'Leary), Susan and Frank's twelve-year-old son, is clearly unhappy that his mother"
"Academy Award nomination for reprising the role of Stanley Kowalski in the 1951 film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play ""A Streetcar Named Desire"", a role that he originated successfully on Broadway. He received further praise for his performance as Terry Malloy in ""On the Waterfront"", and his portrayal of the rebellious motorcycle gang leader Johnny Strabler in ""The Wild One"" proved to be a lasting image in popular culture. Brando received Academy Award nominations for playing Emiliano Zapata in ""Viva Zapata!""; Mark Antony in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 1953 film adaptation of Shakespeare's ""Julius Caesar""; and Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver"
"teach John Travolta how to dance for his role in the late 70’s film “Saturday Night Fever”, use to go to dance clubs and watch the Lockers dance using moves created by Don somewhat 10yrs. earlier. Don and “The Lockers” appeared with some of the greatest entertainers of all time: Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Carol Burnett, Doris Day, Dinah Shore, Merv Griffin, Bill Cosby, Roger Miller, Johnny Carson, Dick Van Dyke, Aretha Franklin, John Denver, Roberta Flack, Michael Landon, Richard Pryor, Bette Midler, Donny and Marie Osmond, Howard Cosell, and Cheech & Chong. “The Lockers”"
"Jim Holbrook (Sam Jones), finds China Smith's (played by Michael Nouri) residence. DaVinci pays Smith $2,000 to help him find his sister's killer but he refuses the offer. In retaliation, DaVinci and his war colleagues ransack his house. DaVinci and the war veterans later confront Smith at a Flamenco nightclub where if he helps them apprehend Mintz, they'll give him back his belongings leading Smith to acquiescently agree. DaVinci's War Da Vinci's War is a 1992 direct to video action thriller film directed by Raymond Martino. The film was produced by and stars Joey Travolta. It also star Michael Nouri,"
"Back, Kotter"" (1975–1979), in which his sister, Ellen, also occasionally appeared (as Arnold Horshack's mother). The show aired on ABC. Travolta had a hit single titled ""Let Her In"", peaking at number 10 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in July 1976. In the next few years, he starred in ""The Boy in the Plastic Bubble"" and two of his most noted screen roles: Tony Manero in ""Saturday Night Fever"" (1977) and Danny Zuko in ""Grease"" (1978). The films were among the most commercially successful pictures of the decade and catapulted Travolta to international stardom. ""Saturday Night Fever"" earned him"
"99% capacity; for 2007 it averaged 86%. A film version was released in July 2007. The film was directed and choreographed by Adam Shankman and starred John Travolta as Edna Turnblad, Christopher Walken as Wilbur Turnblad, Queen Latifah as Maybelle, Michelle Pfeiffer as Velma Von Tussle, James Marsden as Corny Collins, and Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad. Hugh Jackman and Joey McIntyre were both considered to play the role of Corny Collins, but lost to Jackman's ""X-Men"" co-star Marsden. NBC's ""Hairspray Live!"", directed by Kenny Leon and Alex Rudzinski, aired in December 2016 to mostly positive reviews. Sources: PlaybillVault; Internet"